Jul 11, 2005 08:53 PM
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(Updated Jul 12, 2005 12:32 AM)
These days, everyone is complaining about a slow broadband connection. Everybody is getting high blood pressure from their Internet Service Providers. I bet you are one of them. Read this review and get some solace!
Do you remember those days, not so long back, when all you prayed was that your modem gets hooked up with the ISP on one single attempt? Do you remember those messages ''The remote computer did not reply to a network request'' or ''verifying user name and password'' forever and ever?
Did you forget those tragic days when a hotmail inbox took 10 minutes to load, if you were browsing before midnight? And your internet bill was 200 rupees, but your telephone bill was 2000, and all you did was browse for half an hour everyday.
Dont forget the past if you want to feel happy. In Rome, act like Romans, expect like Romans, rememeber like Romans! Remember BSNL, who took 20 days to repair a minor cable fault and you had to complain twice for that. And after repair your internet ceased to connect at all, because there was a lot of crackling noise in the line, but BSNL staff did not have the idea of ''noise'' or a ''loose contact''.
All they knew was ''if conductors touch each other, electrons will flow''. Thats why all of their connections were based on ''touching'' conductors. It took YOU, a poor commerce graduate, to explain an oxide layer on copper that has to be scrapped off, and how to make a firm connection, that will last for some time.
Remember the shock you got, when in the end they asked you for a 100 rupees tip for listening to your suggestions, and they behaved very rude because you refused to pay it. They threatened you of a worse service when you lodged your next complaint.
Folks, dont forget your roots. Right now, there is no single company in our country capable of providing a stable broadband service for your home. That is because the name of the country is India, and we pay in Rupees, not USD. And we have a huge population which totals to a several 1000 Gigabytes/second if every PC owner uses broadband.
So have some mercy on those ISP companies, whose helpline consists of people with network knowledge inferior to that of a +2 arts student (In reality they employ Graduates in Electronics)... Have mercy on that auto rickshaw driver turned cable operator, who knows what is a Hub or a Switch, but has no idea what is a Pentium or a reset button. Dont feel sorry that their service is not so rash as their driving, though their mouths may be. So, have mercy, have patience. All you can do right now is remember the past, wait, watch, and reduce your doctor's bills.
